Join Hannah Levy, Shelley de Jong and Storm Anderson for a chat about the things they wish they'd known whilst growing up that would have made it easier to be an adult.
This episode covers the quarter life crisis, the meaning of life (and thereby lack of) and how your feelings do matter even though nothing really matters.
Glossary of grown up and potentially foreign terms:
Jonny: Hannah's boyfriend
Latkes: Similar to hash browns, eaten on the Jewish festival of lights Hannukah
Dialectics: Philosophical method. In short, a rational 'argument' between people with opposing views for new 'truths' to be established. Allows for evolution.
Nihilism: The rejection of all religious and moral principles due to belief that life is meaningless.
Descartes: René Descartes, a French philosopher from the 16th/17th century. Coined the term "I think therefore I am."
Chaos theory: A mathematical theory which explores how tiny changes in initial conditions can have a huge impact on a situation/condition later on. For example how the flap of a butterfly's wing could ultimately cause a tornado.
Butterfly effect: Another name for Chaos Theory, named by a guy called Edward Lorenz.
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